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Princeton University GEO371/PHY371 : Global Geophysics

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2013

Every paragraph below is an individual student's answer to the
question: "How would you describe the overall quality of the
lectures?".

Frederik's lectures are fast-paced, informative, and fun

Very in-depth lectures that build up the mathematics and
theory from the ground up.

Frederik is awesome

Lectures were great, Frederik is great, informative, and very passionate.

Every paragraph below is an individual student's answer to the
question: "Please comment on the overall quality of the
course."

This course worked well because Frederik is an engaging
teacher who is willing to help students.

Overall, very good course.

Great course - I enjoyed it, and the graduate students
were very helpful and approachable.

if i were smarter i would probly love this class so im
still going to rate it highly.

I learned so much.

2009

Every paragraph below is an individual student's answer to the
question: "How would you describe the overall quality of the
lectures?".

I thought he was a great lecturer, his style made asking questions
easier than it is in any of my other classes which allowed me to get a
lot more out of the lectures classes then I think I normally would
have.

Prof. Simons is an excellent lecturer and very knowledgeable. He
obviously has a lot of experience teaching this class. His lectures
were engaging and clear. I am curious to take more class in the
geology dept. I really appreciate his devotion to teach this class in
the evening. Thank you so much for caring for our learning.

The lectures were well prepared but also interactive. The professor
always welcomed interruption for the sake of the students'
understanding. There was a good balance of fill-in-the-blank style
participation from the class.

Every paragraph below is an individual student's answer to the
question: "Please comment on the quality of the readings in the
course."

I thought the readings were interesting, I wished I'd have more time
to go through all of them, but I really like how papers were handed
out in the beginning simply for our interests.

The reading as a supplement for the lectures were very good.

The readings served their purpose: not so much to present material but
rather to demonstrate the currency and relevancy of the material we
were learning. The contemporary articles gave us a bit of an immersion
test to see if we were becoming literate in geophysics.

Every paragraph below is an individual student's answer to the
question: "Please comment on the guidance of the instructor(s) in
preparing you to do [...] problem sets to the course".

Problem sets are quite good, and help us to learn the material related
the class.

I thought the problems sets were a good mix of material we had done in
class, material that was covered in the books, and material we needed
to work out on our own.

The problem sets were difficult, very difficult.

The problem set were helpful.

The problem sets were interesting and well written. I often only felt
like I really learned the material after completing the problem set.

2008 (when it was called GEO320 : Introductory Geophysics)

Every paragraph below is an individual student's answer to the
question: "Please comment on the strengths of the course".

The professor has a very strong depth of knowledge on the material and
the class is a good introduction to a variety of important tools in
the geosciences.

Intensive overview of the subject field. Stimulating topics!

The course was a great introduction to geophysics. It did not assume
any prior knowledge of the subject. The clear division between the
topics we covered helped.

It was a good overview of the subject matter. It covered everything
thouroughly. The professor was very understanding and forgiving of
late work.